Yeah, TNG did it with the “Moriarty” character in Data’s Sherlock Holmes holodeck program. The problem I had with there being a sentient holodeck character with emotions (and later with there being a sentient holographic doctor with emotions on Voyager) is that they severely undermine Data’s importance. If an…

Bungie also announced a system called “Guided Games” that will allow players to join up with clans—even if those players aren’t members—for Destiny 2's more complex end-game content, like raids and Nightfalls. This is Destiny 2's version of matchmaking. It’s basically an in-game LFG system. If you’re raiding and need…

I remember that thing. Pretty appalling that it was even given a green light. The design on the box should have been on the outside of the system itself, and the face buttons definitely should not have been... What is that color? A deep pink? They should have been red. And Start and Select should have been black.

I hate to say it, but... you’re right.

If Nintendo released an official purple and grey SNES Switch that looked as good as this, that would be the Switch I would buy. A Super Famicom one would be nice too, but that’s not the SNES I grew up with.

Will there be such a thing as daytime or will we be playing in the same apparently Alaskan city we were in before?

From the Digital Foundry video detailing the Scorpio hardware, it looks like the Microsoft team has used some clever workarounds to hit the 6 teraflop performance they promised without using expensive components. My guess is that the launch price will be $500.

What I’m hoping to see is a Destiny reboot with a coherent story that’s told WITHIN THE GAME and matchmaking for raids. I’m willing to write off the first Destiny as a grand experiment. I want Destiny 2 to be Destiny refined and expanded.

Yeah, that was a very tame joke. It was old fashioned too — like something you might have heard on ‘I Love Lucy’ if Lucy had staged a housewife strike and left on a mini-vacation with Ethel.

I can see accidental own goals being scored all the time in a mode like this. Besides that, scoring goals in general would be far too easy and many correct goals would probably be scored mostly through luck. Maybe my opinion will change once I actually try it; but for now, I’m not feeling Dropshot.

...because it clearly could get serious before it’s passed.

I’ve got a theory. It could be bunnies.

It’s getting eerie — What’s this cheery singing all about?

I’ve got a theory some kid is dreamin’ and we’re all stuck inside his wacky Broadway nightmare.

It’s okay, man. You’re not the only person who got the wrong idea from my comment.

Then you’re reading it very differently from the way I’m reading it. And now that I look at it more closely, I actually do see the way you must be reading it. You must have thought I was saying that their priority is money. That’s not what I was saying. What I was actually doing was changing the quote so that the…

Where did I say anything about Ubisoft being out to make money? I don’t have a problem with them making money. That isn’t what any of this is about. I’m talking about players allegedly being unfairly banned after paying good money for their game.

I reworked the quote because I felt that their priorities are off. I think their main priority should be ensuring that all the people who paid good money for their game have full access to it. THEN they can work on implementing an anti-cheating solution that hopefully won’t ban innocent players.

Who’s complaining about micro transactions? This whole story is about players being banned even though they probably haven’t done anything wrong.

“Our team is committed to providing a fair environment while also ensuring players have access to our game.”